Who is the father of English Literature ?

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1. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

   A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
   B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
   C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
   D. Thomas More’s Utopia

2. the first fire-breathing dragon in English literature occurs in which Old English epic poem ?

   A. Iliad
   B. Odyssey
   C. Beowulf
   D. Canterbury Tales

3. Who called Chaucer the father of English literature?

   A. M ArnaldB
   B. John Dryden
   C. Dr johson
   D. T  S Eliot

   Submitted by: Mahfooz Ahmad

4. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

5. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

   A. Sir Thomas Malory
   B. Geoffrey Chaucer
   C. Caedmon
   D. John Gower

6. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry ?

   A. Bede
   B. Sir Thomas Malory
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. Caedmon

7. This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?

   A. Mimetic
   B. Psychological
   C. Historical/Biographical
   D. Mythological/Archetypal

8. The period of English literature from 1660to the end of the century is called_____________?

   A. Renaissance
   B. Jacobean Period
   C. Restoration Period
   D. Romantic Age

9. Which was the oldest period in English literature ?

   A. Anglo-Norman
   B. Anglo-Saxon
   C. Chaucer’s period
   D. Middle Age

10. Who is the first great modernist of English Literature ?

    A. Roger Bacon
    B. Robert Browning
    C. Geoffrey Chaucer
    D. Cynewulf